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san francisco's annual treecycling program starts next week. recology dragged out the chipper to show us what it does with all the trees. last year more than 500 tons of christmas trees were collected in san francisco. >>> well, maybe you have noticed a high price tag at your dry cleaner's lately. as don ford shows us, part of it has to do with those wire hangers. >>> reporter: who would have thought the simple act of dropping off your dry-cleaning would involve international politics. steve sadler and his wife janice have owned a cleaner's in albany for 32 years. >> most all the hangers we buy today are made in vietnam or china. >> reporter: the u.s. commerce department says vietnam and china have flooded the markets forcing nearly all u.s. manufacturers out of business. so the feds slapped a 187% tariff on the imported hangers more than doubling the cost to dry cleaners. >> and that certainly did drive the price of hangers up. we were paying probably 4 to 5 cents a hanger and now we're paying anywheres from 8 to 9 upwards of 10 cents a hanger
san francisco's annual treecycling program starts next week. recology dragged out the chipper to show us what it does with all the trees. last year more than 500 tons of christmas trees were collected in san francisco. >>> well, maybe you have noticed a high price tag at your dry cleaner's lately. as don ford shows us, part of it has to do with those wire hangers. >>> reporter: who would have thought the simple act of dropping off your dry-cleaning would involve international...
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jose 43, fremont, mountain view, los gatos 46, 48 san rafael and san francisco, 45 in oakland this afternoon sunny conditions, going to be a bright day hovering in most areas in the low to mid 50s, more rain on the way. details coming up. >>> back to the bay bridge toll no problems, very light, a few headlights towards the toll and incline and upper deck no problems. san mateo bridge same thing, a few cars headed both directions between peninsula and east bay, everything at the limit, no problems with stalls or accidents. west 80 at richmond parkway blocking left lane and east 580 at macarthur boulevard oakland area blocking right lane. >>> police on the pins -- on the peninsula caught a thief stealing credit cards from the mail before they were delivered. terry mcsweeney has more. >> reporter: this guy delivered mail for the u.s. postal service in san mateo county, a lot of mail never got to the mailboxes where they were suppose go the person accused is 38-year-old row people -- romeo natan of san bruno. prosecutors say he's a first class felon, stole 3,000 pieces of mail information from t
jose 43, fremont, mountain view, los gatos 46, 48 san rafael and san francisco, 45 in oakland this afternoon sunny conditions, going to be a bright day hovering in most areas in the low to mid 50s, more rain on the way. details coming up. >>> back to the bay bridge toll no problems, very light, a few headlights towards the toll and incline and upper deck no problems. san mateo bridge same thing, a few cars headed both directions between peninsula and east bay, everything at the limit,...
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upper 40's for san jose, san francisco and oakland. we'll all get down close to 40 coming up tonight. hi-def doppler very active last night. active this morning when elizabeth had the forecast for you. right now we're getting a break. nothing on the radar. temperatures tonight, it's going to be chilly, likely the heater will turn over a couple times tonight. fremont, 38. tomorrow morning in napa, 36. san francisco and oakland, low to mid 40's. here's the setup in the atmosphere. we still have a light to moderate on shore flow. high pressure building in tonight. building in tomorrow. keeping us dry, but not for long, just for tomorrow and the first half of friday, before the next low pressure area moves in. but this one doesn't have as much moisture in it as the past couple. even though we're still going to get a pretty direct hit from it, we're only going to see light to moderate rainfall. so flooding concerns, i don't see it. but landslide concerns can be an issue, when you get the accumulating rainfall over time, which we have had. r
upper 40's for san jose, san francisco and oakland. we'll all get down close to 40 coming up tonight. hi-def doppler very active last night. active this morning when elizabeth had the forecast for you. right now we're getting a break. nothing on the radar. temperatures tonight, it's going to be chilly, likely the heater will turn over a couple times tonight. fremont, 38. tomorrow morning in napa, 36. san francisco and oakland, low to mid 40's. here's the setup in the atmosphere. we still have a...
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redwood city, san francisco, 54. there's the radar. we would need two weeks or so to reduce the landslide threat. we had showers at lunchtime. we had scattered showers but that instability pushed south and right now we're clearing things outsetting the stage for a chilly night. if you live away from the water, we'll be looking at lows in the upper 30s to low 40s. not a freeze or frost but chilly. tomorrow thursday you get a dry day because of this. big area of high pressure blocking the rainfall for one day. but over my shoulder here is the next low pressure area which gets here friday afternoon giving us a rain chance late friday early saturday that's when the rain returns. so two days before now and our next rain chance. rain-free until friday afternoon. on and off until lunchtime on saturday. if you are planning to head up to the higher elevations and the ski resorts, there's plenty of snow for your skiing pleasure. highs tomorrow once again the mid-50s. we are going to be stuck there for a while. oakland 56. redwood city 54. napa y
redwood city, san francisco, 54. there's the radar. we would need two weeks or so to reduce the landslide threat. we had showers at lunchtime. we had scattered showers but that instability pushed south and right now we're clearing things outsetting the stage for a chilly night. if you live away from the water, we'll be looking at lows in the upper 30s to low 40s. not a freeze or frost but chilly. tomorrow thursday you get a dry day because of this. big area of high pressure blocking the...
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i see the major cities, san francisco, los angeles, philadelphia, new york, rentals are getting much more expensive so you'll see people getting two bedrooms and sharing it with somebody instead of getting a one bedroom by themselves, that's a difference and still have the people living at home but the first-time buyers are still having problems. still tough to get a mortgage, and it's going to stay that way. >> and we might also lose the deduction. what are clients saying to you guys about the potential loss or cut of the mortgage interest deduction. >> that would be stupid. >> i'm sorry, go ahead. >> hasiam? >> yeah, that seems to be very unlikely given the broad nature of that tax credit for the u.s. population. but i think to your point about the rental market, what's interesting about this recovery is that you have lifestyle choices being made. people wanting to rent, wanting to be near work and urban areas versus what we've seen in the past and that reduces the speculative buying on the foresale side of the equation which i think is actually very favorable for the long-term pro
i see the major cities, san francisco, los angeles, philadelphia, new york, rentals are getting much more expensive so you'll see people getting two bedrooms and sharing it with somebody instead of getting a one bedroom by themselves, that's a difference and still have the people living at home but the first-time buyers are still having problems. still tough to get a mortgage, and it's going to stay that way. >> and we might also lose the deduction. what are clients saying to you guys...